NEW YORK - A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo — one of five exhibited in the United States still in private hands — was sold Tuesday for nearly million at an auction of Latin Amer…

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The Brazilian authorities are to use a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to monitor uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon from a distance. Brazil has a policy of leaving such isolated indigenou…

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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Latin American stock markets fell in broad-based selling Tuesday on persistent worries that the poor health of the global economy will hurt overseas and local demand for c…

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Brazil and Argentina, Mercosur senior members, agreed to sponsor an increase in the common external tariff (AEC) on several products from third countries, during a meeting this Monday, November…

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Police seized 586 kg of marijuana Monday in southern Brazil, local media reported Tuesday. It's the second largest drug seizure in the southern state of Santa Catarina, after police seized a ton of ma…

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The Brazilian Federal Police on Tuesday arrested 13 people, including the mayor of a small town, in two anti-fraud operations in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the police said. The first ope…

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Dr. Elizabeth Farina, the Former President of CADE and Currently Professor of Economics at the University of Sao Paolo, Will Join LECG's Global Competition Policy Practice; Dr. Farina Is the Fifth Ant…

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Despite all the economic uncertainty Belgian-Brazilian brewery InBev, led by a Brazilian, announced today, November 18, that it has concluded the purchase of the American company Anheuser-Busch, maker…

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Target(s): journalist(s) , other Type(s) of violation(s): death threat , fired , harassed Urgency: Threat

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GIFU — The family of a dead Japanese-Brazilian factory worker lodged a 79 million yen damages suit Tuesday against the factory’s operator and staff agency, both in Gifu Prefecture, claimi…

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A growing center: Voters seek pragmatism, not ideology, from Latin American leaders, such as the leftists featured on a banner at a recent protest march at the Ibero American Summit in San Salvador.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian government will begin using a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to locate - and protect - uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon, officials said Tuesd…

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Working together to reach isolated villages in BrazilFlorida Baptist Witness, FL - 12 hours agoShe knows the roads back through the mountains will be difficult to travel tonight, but she isn’t worried. “The growth of the kingdom of God doesn’t have a …

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RI, Brazil ink strategic partnershipJakarta Post, Indonesia - 12 hours agoOn Wednesday, he is to travel to Sao Paulo to visit a factory run by Embraer, Brazil's plane-maker, and a biofuel plant. On Thursday, he will be in Rio de …

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ICLA (BOLIVIA): The fossilised footprints of dinosaurs have been found by a Bolivian farmer in the southern province of Chuquisaca. They are believed to be about 140 million years old.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The Brazilian government will begin using a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to locate - and protect - uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon, officials said Tuesday.L…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -The Brazilian government will begin using a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to locate - and protect - uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon, officials said Tuesday.Loca…

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(GM) teeters on the edge of financial collapse, its Brazilian subsidiary is expecting to sell 15% more cars this year than last. "We are not dependent on the U.S. in any way," said GM's chief executi…

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Vigilante justice is on the rise in Bolivia. In one recent case, two people were killed and nine others seriously injured after a mob set upon them.

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Redknapp: I believe in GomesThe Press Association - 16 hours ago… his faith in Heurelho Gomes and is backing the goalkeeper to bounce back from his recent blunders when Blackburn travel to White Hart Lane this weekend. …keeper Gomes to get new coach Metroall 392 news articles

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(RSF/IFEX) - Television station Canal 13 of the San Francisco Javier de Sucre state university was dynamited in the early hours of 17 November 2008 for reasons that are still unknown. There were no ca…

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Some 80% of clergy and lay delegates at convention of Ft. Worth Episcopal Diocese voted to leave the Episcopal Church of the USA to join the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone. They join others up…

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USDA Secretary To Attend Biofuels Conference In BrazilCattleNetwork.com, KS - 19 hours agoUSDA Deputy Undersecretary Ellen Terpstra and US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Reno Harnish will travel to Brazil as part of the delegation …

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international financial crisis but still would grow more than the 2-percent average projected globally for 2009, Xinhua reported.The official, who was addressing a meeting for the Sao Paulo Industries…

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When economists calculated the effect of the credit crisis they warned of a run on the banks but not a run on yellow underwear. But in Brazil, the colour of underwear worn at midnight on New Year's E…

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A trader shot himself yesterday in the open outcry pit of Brazil's main financial exchange in an apparent suicide attempt, shocking a market already battered by the global credit crisis. Paulo S…

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Synergy Restaurant Consultants has fulfilled a major retainer agreement with the banking industry giant Merrill Lynch's Latin American Division. The financial company tapped Synergy Restaurant Co…

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Latin American stocks slipped slightly Monday on continued signs of a global recession.Brazil's benchmark Bovespa index closed down 0.2 percent at 35,717, Mexico's IPC was off 0.8 percent at 19,562, t…

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GIFU, Japan, Nov. 18 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The family of a dead Japanese-Brazilian factory worker lodged a 79 million yen damages suit Tuesday against the factory's operator and staff agency, both in Gi…

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The Brazil Pavilion, organized by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) in partnership with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, will bring together 37 companies in the…

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Nov 18, 2008 - 01:01 - WAM AJMAN, Nov. 18th, 2008: His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, UAE Supreme Council member and ruler of Ajman today received Brazilian Ambassador to UAE Raol Castro…

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Brazil and Argentina, Mercosur senior members, agreed to sponsor an increase in the common external tariff (AEC) on several products from third countries, during a meeting this Monday, November 17, of…

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Brazil's trade promotion agency, APEX-Brasil's, decision to sponsor the top ethanol-powered auto racing category, the Indy Racing League (IRL), contributes to consolidate ethanol as a global c…

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Nearly 3,000 people from five continents, 300 of whom are adolescents are being expected in Brazil for the World Congress III Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children, which will be taking place No…

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Brazilian shares lost ground Monday, tracking volatile action on Wall Street where stocks had been on a roller-coaster ride following a series of worrisome developments about global economic conditi…

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Hundreds of soccer-mad fans and reporters gathered at the Brasilia airport on Monday, hoping to get a glance at Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo and his team. However, they were disappointed and have…

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Two days to go before the friendly match between Brazil and Portugal, the main points of sales were empty on Monday. The game will take place on Wednesday night in the satellite city of Brasilia Gama….

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SAO PAULO, Brazil - The Indy Racing League will use Brazilian ethanol in the 2009 season.IRL President Terry Angstadt signed a memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian agency promoting biofuels,…

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Global Financial Crisis RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — The president of Brazil's Central Bank said Monday that the Brazilian economy will suffer from the international financial crisis but stil…

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SAO PAULO, Brazil — A stock exchange trader has shot himself on the trading floor in Brazil.Sao Paulo's Bovespa stock exchange says the 36-year-old man shot himself in the chest a couple of hours be…

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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Expansion of vast sugarcane plantations across Brazil to meet growing worldwide demand for ethanol won't harm the Amazon, a top Brazilian official said Monday.Speaking at the sta…

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South Korea and Brazil have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote South Korean firms' export of ship and industrial plants to Brazil, South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy said M…

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